Yale Daily News

Updated: Sunday, November 22, 2009 11:46 a.m.

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FOIC forces YPD to make records public

Staff Reporter
Published Friday, February 15, 2008

It started with a kid riding his bicycle last spring, and it turned into a landmark ruling that could change the way the Yale Police Department operates.

The state Freedom of Information Commission ruled Wednesday that the YPD — a University-hired and -funded police force — is functionally equivalent to a public entity and therefore must make internal files available to the public under the Freedom of Information Act. It is not yet clear to what extent the commission’s ruling will open up an organization whose internal workings are largely obscured from public view, but those close...

#1 By Chase 7:21p.m. on February 16, 2008

Why do they want to keep their files private? What do they have to hide?

#2 By JHC 7:22a.m. on February 18, 2008

They need to hide their past,present which are all acts to help their future.
..I was just informed by a Stop & Shop employee that their are acts of hooliginism at the store and it is directly related to the requests for Officers to be stationed inside the establishment. If it is'nt like the store down the street they will force it to be..related article ?? most definitely

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